An imperial art museum offers edible versions of its most treasured displays in an on-site fine-dining restaurant.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

A tribute to the twin ideals of religion and patriotism, built by a Catholic priest from rocks, glass, and innumerable found items.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

An eccentric park and pool.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

The world's only known button museum.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.